Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Stercorariidae > Genus Stercorarius

Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Larus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stercorarius*		accepted genus name

Species group names

*Larus parasiticus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): tyvjo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Среден морелетник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: almindelig kjove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kleine jager sources: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: Arctic skua; parasitic jaeger sources: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Arctic Skua sources: Charles Hussey

French: labbe parasite; stercoraire arctique sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

Gaelic: meirleach artach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Meirleach Artach

German: Schmarotzerraubmöwe; schmarotzer-Raubmöwe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

Greek: Γερακοληστόγλαρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Icelandic: kjói sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

Irish: Meirleach Artach sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): חמסן טפיל sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: smailiauodegis plėšikas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: tyvjo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: tyvjo sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 136

Norwegian Nynorsk: tjuvjo sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 136

Nynorsk (Norwegian): tjuvjo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: wydrzyk ostrosterny; wydrzyk pasożytny sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: короткохвостый поморник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: meirleach artach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: bodičasta govnačka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: págalo parásito sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: kustlabb sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: korsan marti; korsan martı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Поморник короткохвостий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: sgiwen y Gogledd

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (23 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (821 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137172

Drs Cees Roselaar. Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96915